BONUS EPISODE: Three Amigos discuss best & worst Jackie Chan movies of the 70's

02/11/25 • 73 min

The audio from this episode has been taken from a stream on our YouTube channel. I (Leon) was joined by Kaleb (Kaleb's Kung Fu Cinema) & Jason (Martial Arts Theatre 3000) for this super fun discussion.

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Episode 22: Boat People (1982) & Cure (1997)

We are back with our first episode of 2025!

Work has been done and decisions have been made. Movies You Might Have Missed, has been relegated to a segment rather than an episode. It is our opinion that most of our audience will want mainly Asian film content, and always something from Hong Kong. So this will be our focus going forward.

Direction has had some careful consideration. So, the main episodes will lead into the following episodes. We will cover a film then on the next episode, the follow up will have a link to the previous film, whether it be director, actor or theme. The same will apply to the "Beyond" segment.

So where will we start this never-ending filmic journey? We begin with Ann Hui's, Boat People 投奔怒海 starring, George Lam and Season Ma, who are joined by Andy Lau and Cora Miao. A talented cast for this New Wave drama.

The excellent Blu-ray for this one can be purchased here:

https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/blu-ray/boat-people-the-criterion-collection

(no commissions for us - just happy to help!)

Then, on the Beyond side of things, we begin our cinematic journey with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's, Cure キュア which stars, Kôji Yakusho and Masato Hagiwara. Where will these movies lead us? Let's find out...

You can purchase the Eureka 4K from Terracotta Distribution (a wonderful service for Asian movie fans) here:

https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/products/cure-4k-uhd-limited-edition-slipcase-version?_pos=1&_psq=cure&_ss=e&_v=1.0

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See you on the next one, Leon.

Next Episode

Episode 23: The Story of Woo Viet (1981) & Tokyo Sonata (2008)

Continuing from last episode we first look at another Ann Hui film, The Story of Woo Viet and the continue our Beyond thread by taking a look at another Kiyoshi Kurosawa film, Tokyo Sonata. Before we pick up that journey we have another installment of our Movies You Might Have Missed segment!

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) - Start

(00:00:08) - Todays episode

(00:01:14) - Movies You Might Have Missed

(00:01:28) - Lifeline

(00:02:50) - The Substance

(00:05:10) - Perfect Days

(00:08:20) - Gun Crazy

(00:10:55) - The Story of Woo Viet

(00:27:48) - Spoiler section one

(00:36:41) - Tokyo Sonata

(00:51:42) - Spoiler section two

(01:04:30) - Next episode

You can purchase the CN Entertainment Blu-ray of The Story of Woo Viet here:

https://www.buyoyo.com/buyoyo/ProductDisplay.do?prrfnbr=281809&prtype=0

Please be aware that this Hong Kong disc is actually quite heavily censored. Our good friend Kenny B over @podcastonfire made us aware of this. The Spectrum Films Blu-ray and Laser Disc Editions are uncut, if you can find them.

Tokyo Sonata is currently streaming on Mubi:

https://mubi.com/en/gb/films/tokyo-sonata

This movie was previously released on Blu-ray and DVD by Eureka Entertainment on their Masters Of Cinema range. Fingers crossed it will be the subject of a 4K re-release.

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Thank you for all your support and we hope you join us for the next episode, coming May 31st.

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Love Shaz & Leon.